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How the Dow Jones industrial average did Friday

The Associated Press

Posted:
04/25/2014 02:53:58 PM MDT

The stock market fell sharply Friday, dragged down by disappointing quarterly results from Amazon and Ford. Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine also weighed on the market. Worried investors sold their risky assets and moved into traditional havens like bonds, gold and stocks that pay high dividends such as utilities.

On Friday:

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 140.19 points, or 0.9 percent, to 16,361.46.

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